Operations Manager

I recently presented in the MicroWarehouse and Microsoft Ireland road show to Irish Microsoft partners on the topic of the Cloud OS, comprised of Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center 2012 R2. You can find the slide deck below. Microsoft Azure & Hybrid Cloud from Aidan Finn [...]

I am attempting to map out the infrastructure elements (not the app/dev elements) of the Microsoft hybrid cloud. This is a work in progress. If you spot any missing pieces then please comment and I will update. You’ve heard terms like Cloud OS and hybrid cloud. What do they mean? I will attempt [...]

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 R2, covering everything except Endpoint Protection and Configuration Manager (they’re almost a separate group). As usual with update rollups, I would caution you to let others download, install, and test this rollup. Don’t approve it [...]

There are only hours now between now and the start of TechCamp 2013 in City West in Dublin, where Irish MVPs (and a couple of Microsoft folks) will be presenting on: Windows Server 2012 R2 Service automation using System Center 2012 R2 Hybrid cloud using Hyper-V Network Virtualization, NVGRE, SCVMM [...]

It’s all over social media this morning; You can download WSSC 2012 R2 (That’s WS2012 R2 and SC/SysCtr 2012 R2) from TechNet and MSDN right now. The previews for the following are available now: Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Windows server 2012 R2 Datacenter [...]

Microsoft has released UR2 for System Center 2012 SP1 via Windows Update. That means you’ll auto download and deploy (pending manual/auto approval on your part) this update via WSUS, etc. You can also manually download the updates to each product. Note that VMM is not included [...]

When I worked in the VM hosting business, we offered monitoring via System Center Operations Manager as a part of the service. It was great for us as a service provider because we were aware of everything that was happening. One of the things I tried to do for customers was website [...]

Microsoft has released an IPD for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager. This guide outlines the infrastructure design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Operations Manager. It guides you through the process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a [...]

Congratulations to the authors of Mastering System Center 2012 Operations Manager, particularly to Irish System Center MVPs Paul Keely and Kevin Greene. I know this book was an odyssey for the guys, but they probably feel like champs now that the book is on sale. I expect that it’s going to [...]

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